Saw this in Philly. My answer – Yes and no. It’s clearly not the same as before, but it’s not so different either. Thing is – if people just ignore it (because they want to wish race away – understandably) then it just gets worse… cuz they can’t talk about it, and words like wigger start being thrown around without thought and people start wishin’ they were something they’re not without recognizing what’s pushing them. So yes and no.
What’s interesting is that hybridization has only partially taken place: white kids are trying to be part of hip hop culture without a new popular sense of a new synthesis of cultures, which happened in, say, jazz and rock and roll to some extent. Thus the hybridization, which is often a creative force in the culture, has either not been developed as fully as would be seen as “art” or it has not been recognized in doing so. At least on the level of popular culture, there is some degree of hybridization taken place, as white kids construct a cultural identity that draws on black hip hop culture.
g@grandgood.com said: "i think you mean Scott cleared the sample, which is cool but, i meant it more in a creative sense. before making the beat pete wasnt calling to talk shit out, he was just acting, i imagine anyway b side, the......" on It’s not so much that Lupe decided to rock over TROY
dj blendz said: "” Ain’t nobody ask Jefferson Pilot or Tom Scott before producing a heartfelt tribute to a lost friend” I think i read PR say on his Twitter pg. he did ask or had a convo w/ Tom Scott before he did the......" on It’s not so much that Lupe decided to rock over TROY
Saw this in Philly. My answer – Yes and no. It’s clearly not the same as before, but it’s not so different either. Thing is – if people just ignore it (because they want to wish race away – understandably) then it just gets worse… cuz they can’t talk about it, and words like wigger start being thrown around without thought and people start wishin’ they were something they’re not without recognizing what’s pushing them. So yes and no.
What’s interesting is that hybridization has only partially taken place: white kids are trying to be part of hip hop culture without a new popular sense of a new synthesis of cultures, which happened in, say, jazz and rock and roll to some extent. Thus the hybridization, which is often a creative force in the culture, has either not been developed as fully as would be seen as “art” or it has not been recognized in doing so. At least on the level of popular culture, there is some degree of hybridization taken place, as white kids construct a cultural identity that draws on black hip hop culture.
*rolls eyes and hits forehead with palm of hand*